The style on The Crown is so lavish, it’s easy to see how the budget is rumored to be over $100 million dollars. Michele Clapton, three-time Emmy-winning designer, spoke on all the research that was required for the show, as well as moments that allowed for full creative power.
On dressing Margaret, Clapton told Grazia Daily, “For her costumes, I wanted to look at the movement outside of the royal family – what was really going on. We also hand painted and beaded this lovely mink colored dress for a scene when she gives a speech at the American embassy, and I just thought, ‘I’m going to put great big pockets in it.’ I loved the idea of her having pockets in this evening dress so that she could swagger around, and Vanessa loved that too. With Margaret, everything was just a little better cut – the coats were a bit longer, there was just a bit more thought about it. I enjoyed playing the two sisters against each other.”
Nominated for Best Picture, Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Production Design.
We all love movies! ~However~, we can all agree that there are things that happen in movies that are unrealistic AF.
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Well, recently, Reddit user CodeBrode asked, “What are some examples of ‘Movie Logic’ that don’t work in real life?” and these responses will give the you validation that you NEED!
Here are a few of the biggest lies movies have told us:
1.
This “cover me” lie:
“People who work in retail or as a waiter/waitress just saying ‘cover me’ to their co-worker and leaving in the middle of a shift to go take care of a personal matter, catch a murderer, etc. You can’t just tell a waitress to cover twice as many tables like that. It won’t work. And you won’t work either, ’cause you’ll get fired.”
“It drives me nuts every time a movie has a scene where a person is hiding on the ceiling a few feet above someone else and is never seen. Just because the camera is angled so the person in the movie can’t see them, doesn’t mean a real person wouldn’t notice Tom Cruise hanging from their ceiling fan.”
“In that scene where the good guy gets completely surrounded by bad guys with guns. I understand the principle, but if those guys actually opened fire, they’d just end up shooting each other in the face. Fields of fire, people!”
“When they show what is supposed to be a sloppy teenage rock band playing, and yet everything is perfect. The drummer’s keeping excellent time. The vocals and background vocals are spot on. And the guitarist is nailing perfect bends and playing at Satriani levels.”
“Whenever someone is in a spacesuit, there are always lights inside the helmet to illuminate the person’s face. This is, of course, so we know which character we’re looking at. But in real life having lights inside your helmet shining on your face would greatly hinder your ability to see your surroundings. It’s like having the light on in your bedroom while trying to see outside in the dark.”
“Grand romantic gestures don’t convince someone who’s on the fence about you that you’re worth it — just convinces them that you’re definitely not worth it.”
“When the wife in the movie prepares a massive breakfast spread every morning and the husband just grabs coffee and takes one bite of bacon before heading out the door.”
“Police have to account for every bullet fired. The sheer amount of paperwork behind the scenes in most crime and police thriller movies would be unreal.”
“Knocking people out – in the movies, it’s a quick smack to the noggin and that person is out cold for a few minutes/hours. In real life, depending on how hard you hit someone, they can be out for a second or two, any longer and there will be significant brain damage. Knocking them out for several hours…well they’re probably dead.”
